An implantable baroreflex activation device administers a special electrotherapy program that causes the device to apply electrotherapy to limit a rate of change of blood pressure increase associated with a blood pressure surge event such as a morning blood pressure surge. Data collected from the ceilometers contains cloud range information in polar coordinates which is then converted to a cloud height depiction in a 3-D space. The network update manager is preferably operable to receive at least one update from the administrative application and subsequently update the persistent database. To support maintenance of services, a service’s characteristics and requirements can be modified dynamically, by reconfiguring the cloud platform itself andor by mounting a disk volume that corresponds to the service’s SDP, and modifying its contents directly.